Case Study: Northeastern University achieves faster identity visibility and lower-friction security operations with Oort

Northeastern University Limited Security & IT Resources

Northeastern University, a large higher education and research institution in Boston, needed a way to manage more than 40,000 unique identity profiles across multiple identity provider sources. With limited security and IT resources and a need to reduce friction for end users, the team looked for a simpler way to gain visibility into its complex identity environment.

Using the Oort platform, Northeastern University connected its primary identity sources and authentication systems in about 60–90 minutes, with the proof of concept taking minutes instead of days. Oort helped the university understand its entire identity population quickly, support its multi-factor initiative, validate compliance, and improve troubleshooting with high-fidelity alerts and low false positives.

Northeastern University

Harry Hoffman

Assistant Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer